Continental Drift

Passage
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Science
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6th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Jessica Major
FREE Resource
7 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How much is North America moving away from Europe every year?
2.5 cm
25 cm
2.5 km
25 km
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the name of the supercontinent that existed around 230 million years ago?
Gondwanaland
Laurasia
Panthalassa
Pangea
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first geographer to propose the phenomenon of continent drift?
Isaac Newton
Charles Darwin
Abraham Ortelius
Alfred Wegener
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What giant ocean surrounded Pangea?
Panthalassa
Tethys Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Into which two continents did Pangea split?
Eurasia and Africa
Europe and Asia
Laurasia and Gondwanaland
North America and South America
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What new ocean opened between North America and Europe 50 million years ago?
Tethys Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which continent is moving north towards China?
Antarctica
Australia
Africa
South America
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